“This is a concise, yet comprehensive book. I would
recommend that any advanced practice nurse working in obstetrics have it on the
bookshelf. It could also be used as a protocol manual for small practices.”

Score: 100, 5 Stars

—Doody’s Medical Reviews

Description:

The only comprehensive source of current,
evidence-based guidelines for nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, clinical
nurse specialists, and other health professionals who provide prenatal and
postpartum care in outpatient settings, this clinical reference covers the
latest health care guidelines in an easy-to-read, outline format. With three
new chapters, Obesity in Pregnancy, Dermatological Concerns, and Preventing
Zika in Pregnancy, the second edition has also been updated to include new
guidelines from professional organizations such as the Association of Women’s
Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; American Congress of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists; American Academy of Pediatricians; and the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force.

Three new chapters, Obesity in Pregnancy,
Dermatological Concerns, and Preventing Zika in Pregnancy

New and updated guidelines from the
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses;American
Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; American Academy of Pediatricians;
and the U.S.Preventive
Services Task Force

New clinical updates on genetic screening and testing,
nausea and vomiting, use of low-dose aspirin to preventpregnancy complications, HIV
prevention using PrEP, breastfeeding, avoidance of nonmedically indicated
early-term delivery, and
use of marijuana and heroin

New nomenclature for preeclampsia

Updated
information on healthy preconception care

Key Features:

Comprises the only comprehensive source of current
guidelines for nurse practitioner care of obstetric patientsin ambulatory settings

C. Common Approach to HIV Testing in Pregnancy for
Barnes–Jewish Hospital: A Consensus of the HIV Perinatal Working Group of
WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine (Nancy J. Cibulka)

D. Federal Employment Laws on Work Break (Mary Lee
Barron)

Index

About the Authors:

Nancy J. Cibulka, PhD, WHNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, is a women’s health and family nurse practitioner
(NP) at Barnes–Jewish Hospital and at Washington University’s OB/GYN clinic,
where she provides prenatal and well-woman care for inner-city women and for
HIV-infected women. She serves on the Research Council at Barnes–Jewish
Hospital and is coinvestigator for a study that examines communication methods
to promote the human papilloma virus vaccine for young men. Dr. Cibulka also
serves as adjunct assistant professor in nursing at Saint Louis University and
as adjunct clinical instructor in OB/GYN at Washington University School of
Medicine, where she teaches NP students, medical students, and first-year
medical residents. Dr. Cibulka’s experience as an NP spans more than 35 years,
including with the OB/GYN clinic at Barnes–Jewish Hospital; Take-Care Health
Systems (St. Louis, Missouri); Unity Corporate Health Services, a private
practice perinatal group at Washington University School of Medicine (St.
Louis, Missouri); and in private practice at Gratiot Community Hospital (Alma,
Michigan).

In addition to her current teaching position at Saint
Louis University, Dr. Cibulka was an associate professor of nursing at
Maryville University (St. Louis, Missouri) and an instructor at the University
of Iowa College of Nursing. Dr. Cibulka has taught undergraduate courses in maternal–child
nursing and taught advanced graduate clinical courses in advanced health
assessment; care of the adolescent, adult, and older adult; care of
childbearing and childrearing families; professional role development; and
advanced clinical practicum. Additional clinical experience includes being an
NP, Planned Parenthood of East Central Ohio; nurse consultant, Maternal &
Child Health Bureau, Iowa Department of Public Health; and clinical consultant,
March of Dimes Perinatal Project, Wisconsin Vocational Studies Center,
University of Wisconsin. She has published articles in the Journal of
Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing; American Journal of
Nursing; Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care; The
Journal for Nurse Practitioners; Journal of Nursing Education; and Journal
of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners; among others. She has
presented papers at national conferences, including the Association of Women’s
Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses; National Organization of Nurse
Practitioner Faculties (NONPF); Midwest Nursing Research Society; Sigma Theta
Tau International (STTI); and the annual evidence-based practice conferences.
Honors and awards include the Research Abstract Award (American Association of
Nurse Practitioners [AANP] in 2008), research poster (STTI in 2005), School of
Health Professions Distinguished Faculty Award (2005), the
scholarship/fellowship award (Abbott Labs in 2005), and the Maryville
University President’s Faculty Award for Exemplary Service for Scholarship
(2005), among others. She is a member of AANP and, in June 2012, she was
inducted into the Fellows.

Mary Lee Barron, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, is an associate professor, School of Nursing,
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). She is also the director of
Marquette Fertility Education, which offers direct patient care services and
research in natural family planning. Formerly, she taught at Saint Louis
University in the family nurse practitioner (NP) program and served as director
of the master’s and doctor of nursing practice programs. With more than 35
years of nursing experience, her NP clinical experience has focused on OB/GYN
at the OB/GYN clinic (Barnes–Jewish Hospital) and is affiliated with Washington
University School of Medicine and Saint Louis University. She currently
volunteers as an NP at Casa De Salud, a Hispanic clinic. She has taught the
Marquette method as a natural family planning instructor and has been trained
by the Pope Paul VI Institute, Omaha, Nebraska, as a medical consultant and
fertility care practitioner. She also served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, where
she advanced to the rank of lieutenant commander.

At SIUE, Dr. Barron teaches graduate advanced
management of women’s health with practicum, nursing research, theory-guided
practice, and emerging roles in advanced nursing practice. She has published 19
peer-reviewed articles in a variety of journals. Dr. Barron has authored the
March of Dimes module on Antepartum Care and Laboratory Examination since 1998
and served as a visiting professor presenting “Born Too Soon” for the Los
Angeles chapter. She has authored 10 book chapters and presents widely on
topics related to the health benefits of breastfeeding, natural family
planning, obesity and pregnancy, and hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Barron is
the recipient of several awards, including the Leadership Academy Fellow
(American Association of Colleges of Nursing) and Alpha Sigma Nu (Jesuit Honor
Society). She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Association of
Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN); National Organization
of Nurse Practitioner Faculties; and the American Association of Nurse
Practitioners. In June 2014, she was inducted into the Fellows. She serves as a
manuscript reviewer for a number of journals, including Clinical Nursing
Research, MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, and Biological
Research for Nursing.

Target Audience:

For nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, clinical
nurse specialists, and other health professionals who provide prenatal and
postpartum care in outpatient settings.

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